Public water system · NC0145455

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Camp Highlander

At a glance

Camp Highlander (PWSID NC0145455) is an active transient non-community water system in Henderson County, North Carolina. It reports serving 400 people through 40 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2010.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

400

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNC0145455

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served400

Service connections40

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNC state drinking water program

City servedHorse Shoe

StateNorth Carolina

ZIP—

CountyHenderson County

How does Camp Highlander compare with other water systems in Henderson County?

By EPA's size categories, Camp Highlander is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Henderson County has 106 active public water systems. Its population served is about 55% below the county average of 889 people per system, and accounts for 0.4% of the 94,234 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across North Carolina, the 5,087 active systems average 1,971 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Camp Highlander is about 178% above that figure.

What does “transient non-community water system” mean?

A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. North Carolina has 2,745 active transient non-community water systems, 54% of the state's 5,087 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 4,566 North Carolina systems (90%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Camp Highlander?

EPA lists Camp Highlander as privately owned. The NC state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 101 of the 106 active systems in Henderson County (95%) are also privately owned.

Does Camp Highlander have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2010. The violations listed here began between November 2005 and August 2010. By type: 6 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 5 monitoring and reporting and 1 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Public Notice (6 of them). EPA lists 10 as resolved and 2 as archived. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2010-08-29	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2010-07-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Resolved
2009-05-24	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2009-04-19	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2007-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2007-02-25	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2007-02-24	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2007-02-23	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2007-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Haloacetic acids (HAA5)code 2456	No	Archived
2007-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)code 2950	No	Archived
2005-12-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2005-11-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved

The 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Camp Highlander: frequently asked questions

Who runs Camp Highlander?

Camp Highlander (PWSID NC0145455) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NC state drinking water program.

How many people does Camp Highlander serve?

Camp Highlander reports serving 400 people through 40 service connections in Henderson County, North Carolina.

Where does Camp Highlander get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Camp Highlander have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2010. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Camp Highlander's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2010. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NC state drinking water program.

Where can I find Camp Highlander's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Camp Highlander is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.

Other water systems in Henderson County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Hendersonville, City of	Henderson	79,278	Community	Surface water
Grace Community Church	Henderson	1,000	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Fletcher Academy Inc.	Henderson	790	Community	Groundwater
High Vista Estates	Henderson	775	Community	Purchased surface water
Camp Blue Star	Henderson	600	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Camp Greystone	Henderson	500	Transient non-community	Groundwater

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Camp Highlander, PWSID NC0145455, North Carolina”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/north-carolina/camp-highlander-nc0145455 (data as of October 1, 2026).